I was hoping that i'd have created or found a wonderful array of Halloween inspired items. Sadly i haven't had the time or money for these creations. Oh well. Instead i have been creating little beaded bookmarks. I saw a bunch in borders which are really lovely, but far too expensive ($15-$20), so i decided to make my own.





1. Clear beads with green swirl pattern, apple dangly. 2. Freshwater pearls, swarofski circles and metal floral bead, heart diamante dangly. 3. Pink swarofski squares and beads, red feature bead with floral design, Egyptian scarab dangly. 4. Purple swarofski squares and beads, specled feature bead, silver 21st key dangly. 5. Glass multicolored bead, orange and purple glass beads, gold fan dangly. 6. Blue and orange swirled beads, gold star dangly.

Biancas' Bling

Bianca is a dear friend of mine, and has a lovely collection of crazy jewelry on etsy.com. She is very talented, and love what she does. Here are some of my personal favorites.

Cute cupcake earrings for $12.

Barbie necklace for $12.

This is my personal favorite. She has transformed a gloomy bear plush into a very cool bag. And it's only $20.

Beady goodness :)

I am in an unusually creative mood lately. In truth, if i were able, i would sew, knit, make jewelry and song write all at the same time. But due to lack of 1000 arms, i shall do those things one at a time. Below are todays earring creations.

I love these beads. They are multicolored glass squares with silver and gold filagree on the inside. ($10)

Little gold mushroom charms that i found at my local art store. I fell in love with them (they remind me of the mushrooms in Fantasia). I am going back for the tea pot charms, rose charms and trebble cleff charms. (not for sale, but if you want a pair i'll make some for $8)

Same beads as used in the first set. ($8)

These look a lote more spectacular in person. The beads are clear with red centres and floral decorations on. There are silver attachments above and below the beads. ($8)

These beads are equisite. Metallic green interiors, clear green glass and a pink rose decoration. Above are Amethist and glass. ($15)

Metal blue beads with floral patterns and pink wooden beads above. ($5)

Knitted Bunnies

For those of you who like knitting, or want to start knitting, here is a really easy way to knit a bunny. You can make them any size you want, depending on your needle thickness and amount of stitches per row. Personally i like to use quite thin needles, 4-5mm, and 50 stitches with 8 ply wool. For the body you knit a square, try and make sure it is as exact as possible, as it makes it easier. The ears are triangles, knitting 12 stitches for 2 rows, then 10 for 2, then 6 for 2, then 4 for 2, then 2 for 2, and then 1 for 1. The tail can be either a cotton wool glued on, or some white wool made into a small ball and sewn onto the bunnies bottom.

Below are some of the bunnies i have created, one of which i have photographed as i have gone along. Feel free to ask any questions if you are confused.

The yellow bunny is made from a very soft wool that is quite thick. The pale blue bunny is made from pure cotton wool, 4 ply, very hard to use due to it's thinness, i recommend something thicker. And the dark blue and pale purple bunnies are made using furry, metallic wool. I don't recommend using this wool either as it does not turn out as well as other wool. The shape of the bunnies is often unrecognisable with this wool.

The thing on the end of my knitting needle is a row counter. This is very useful when you are trying to remember whether you are on a knit row or a pearl row. With the bunnies you can either knit them in a knit 1 pearl 1 fashion, or simply do all knit or all pearl.

A large collection of wool is always good, this helps with variety, experimenting and means you can cater to anyones taste.

If you want the actual pattern for this bunny please ask and i will send it to you.

Earrings by the bucket full

Here are some more of the earrings i have made. Most of these incorportate Swarofski, glass, pearl and plastic beads. Hope you like them. If you want any tips on how to make them, or what equipment is good for jewelry making feel free to ask. I have plenty of knowledge in that department :)



Orange, purple, pink and green glass beads on gold headpins. ($10)



Clear, green, purple and pink glass beads on thick gold headpins. ($12)





Blue glass hearts with silver filagree and red Swarofski beads. ($12)




Plastic blue and read beads. ($6)




Freshwater pearls with Swarofski encrusted silver loops, and blue tear drop beads. ($20)



Stiped blue, purple and pink ovular beads with metallic blue beads. ($6)





Metal beads, white and purple, with hand painted floral designs, pink Swarofski beads. ($16)





Glass beads with floral painted decoration and silver filagree attached to red wooden beads. ($18)





Green and red Swarofski beads, sterling silver decorative attachments. ($20)





Purple glass beads and sterling silver attachments. ($6)




Glass purple large beads with silver filagree and silver attachments. ($10)







Green and purple glass beads with sterling silver attachments and silver glitter bows. ($8)




Purple and clear glass beads with silver glitter bows. ($6)




Blue Swarofski squares attached to clear glass beads and blue crystals with silver chain. ($10)



Clear square glass beads with blue Swarofski squares dangling from the bottom. ($8)





Blue Swarofski squares attached to white freshwater pearls with thick gold chain. ($12)




Blue, gree, maroon and clear Swarofski beads attaches together with gold chain and gold headpins. ($20)



Opaque blue hearts with floral pattern, red glass beads. ($8)

Purple and green Swarofski beads, pink and orange glass beads. ($8)

Some Creations

To begin i will show you some of my own creations. These are most of the earrings i have created and not yet sold/given away/kept. The ones with clear crystal-like beads are swarovski. Many of the earrings use fresh water pearls. And all are sterling silver, anti-allogenic.

Sterling silver. Rose-styled silver balls attached to smaller rose-styled balls by sterling silver chain. ($6)

Glass leaf beads dangling from sterling silver chain. ($6)

Pink, purple, maroon, ocean blue and green swarofski beads attached to silver chain. ($16)

Purple swarofski beads and hand decorated metal beads. ($10)

Green, clear and pink swarofski beads on a thin black wire. ($25)

Pink and green swarovski beads on thin silver wire. ($25)

Opaque pink and green plastic beads, clear glass bead, silver chain and sterling silver loops. ($8)

Opaque green beads, semi-opaque pink beads, thick silver headpin. ($10)

Odd fruit inspired earrings with plastic pink beads and plastic green leaf beads. ($5)

Pink glass square beads with silver filagree inside. ($12)

Samll gold heart shaped metal earrings with pink swarofski beads dangling in the centre. ($10

Gold thick metal curls with white pearls on the ends. ($10)

Large gold metal hearts with white perls dangling from gold chaings in the centre. ($18)

White pearls attached to coloured pink pearls with gold chain. ($8)

White pearls attached to light pink swarovski crystals with gold chain. ($20)

Cherry inspired earrings with maroon plastic beads, thick silver wire with thin green wire curled around it. ($5)

Strawberry inspired earrings made using hand painted wooden beads, green glass beads and silver attachments. ($8)